@quinn I don't think growth for growth's sake is the way to go, and while it does provide *a* signal, it is not *the* signal so to speak.

I fully expect Bluesky to start enshittifying, because of course they will with their cryptocurrency bro overlords looking for payout eventually.

Meanwhile fedi is doing its thing, getting more resilient, easier to join, dealing with some long-term issues around moderation and so on. And will be there, better prepared than ever, for the next wave.

@thomasjwebb @aaron.rupar

This kind of inability to recognize a crisis, a violation of the social order, a crime is what has us in this mess.

It's every person who thought "well he won't run again no need to put him in prison that's so extreme and makes me feel bad"

Some of it really felt like "but you know, maybe the trains will run on time soon" to me.

Let me add one more thing to this. It's said implicitly above but let's be explicit. The problem is that this pipeline effectively *undoes itself*.

Part of the reason this worked well for @mttaggart is carefully setting up guardrails and monitoring things.

But the very patterns of usage of these things makes it so that people either never develop the skills where they can, or are demotivated to provide that level of care over time.

Which means the system eventually moves towards a structure that degrades and shakes itself apart by the very patterns of usage.

I don't know how to solve this.

Here is another version of the marvelous new Artemis II view of Earth, taken just minutes later.

This shot uses a shorter exposure, emphasizing the night side of our planet as it eclipses the Sun.